KDE is not an OS platform... (And neither is Gnome)

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Wednesday 28 October 2009, nf2 wrote:
> I'm writing this, because my patch to allow plugging a different model
> into KFilePlaces got rejected, and i'm trying to understand why.
>
> As a reminder: This screenshot should explain what i'm trying to
> achieve: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/1951/s/238/
>
> I thought that i was solving a problem, but obviously a lot of people
> don't see that as a problem. I thought that moving towards a coherent
> file-management experience should be something that everybody wants.
> But - and i must say i'm quite astonished - it's not regarded as
> important at all.
>
>
> This misunderstanding must have something to do with 180 degree
> different views on two issues:
>
> 1) What defines an "OS platform"?
>
> 2) The importance of the application base for the success of such a
> platform.


Hmm, I don't really understand this email.

From looking at the reviewboard link, the patch is about optionally using the 
places/bookmarks from gnome/gtk in KDE ?
Is there a freedesktop spec how these should be stored/accessed ?

Alex